Robert Beck, PhD 
Professor of Computing Sciences | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Villanova University
Villanova , PA, UNITED STATES
Robert Beck, PhD, is an expert in social networking, technological literacy, and gender roles in science and technology.
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Areas of Expertise (7)
Computer Science
Technology Literacy and Trends
Social Networking
Computing Education
Gender Roles in Science and Technology
Persuasive Human-Computer Interaction
Computing and the Social Good
Biography
Advances in information technology are occurring at breakneck speed and affect every aspect of society. Dr. Beck is the source to talk to about living in a knowledge society, the latest trends in technology, social networking and persuasive human-computer interaction. He can also address how the next generation of computing science professionals is being educated and how Villanova is leading the way in promoting a greater presence for women in computing.
Education (2)
University of Pennsylvania: Ph.D.
Harvey Mudd College: B.S.
Select Accomplishments (4)
Visiting Researcher (professional)
Otago Polytechnic University, New Zealand
Visiting Researcher (professional)
Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, DeMontfort University, England
Visiting Professor (professional)
Drexel University
Fulbright Exchange Lecturer (professional)
Coventry University, England
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Affiliations (2)
- Academic Alliance of the National Center for Women and Information Technology, Co-Chair
- ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society (SIGCAS)
Select Media Appearances (2)
Brother Gets Joy From Sister's Online Memorial, and Misery
US News & World Report online
2018-04-28
Robert Beck, a computer science professor at Villanova University, said discussions of social media companies' larger ethical responsibility to society remain in their infancy.
"I guess it is nice that Facebook is following its core principle, but maybe it needs to rethink its core principle," Beck said. "But how do you get them to change a core principle? How do you get any business, not even Facebook, to change a core principle?"
Villanova's Vatican interns get view of history
San Diego Union-Tribune online
2013-03-12
Talk about a baptism by fire: On the first day of Lauren Colegrove's journalism internship at Catholic News Service in Rome, the pope announced his resignation.
The Villanova University junior thought she'd spend her first day filling out paperwork and undergoing orientation. Instead, she ran over to the Vatican Press Office to attend a news conference and later conducted interviews in St. Peter's Square.
"Not every tourist can walk up and say, `I'd like to go behind the wall of the Vatican and check out what's happening,'" said Villanova computer science professor Robert Beck, who helps select the students who go abroad. "The interns are given the ability to do that."
Research Grants (5)
TUES Grant
National Science Foundation
2013
S-STEMS Grant
National Science Foundation
2009, 2013
CPATH Grant
National Science Foundation
2007
U.S. Air Force Contract: Applied Research in Computing Enterprise Services
United States Air Force
2006
CSEMS Grant
National Science Foundation
2006
Select Academic Articles (5)
Beck, Robert E., Sloan, E., Metzger, S.,
2008
Elliot Sloane, Thomas Way, Vijay Gehlot, Robert Beck, James Solderitch, Elzbieta Dziembowski
June 2007
•Beck, Robert E., Gehlot, V., Way, T., DePasquale
2006
•Beck, Robert E., Kolman, B.
1995
Second edition. New York.
•Beck, Robert E., Cassel, Lillian and Hardt, Daniel
July 1995
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